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North Face uses down from force-fed geese

The film star Anne Hathaway is a fan off the North Face, which uses feathers from force-fed geese

The North Face, the clothing brand known for its padded, down-filled winter
anoraks, has been stuffing them with feathers plucked from geese force-fed
to make foie gras paté.

This weekend The North Face, which is based in California, admitted it was
using the down when presented with evidence of where it had been sourced.

An investigation by The Sunday Times has traced the source of The North Face’s
feathers to geese kept on intensive farms in Hungary. The birds are
artificially fattened by having funnels pushed into their beaks, and then
large amounts of boiled corn mash are forced down their throats using a
pressurised air hose.

The procedure, repeated three times daily, is designed to make the liver grow
far beyond its natural size and develop the characteristic buttery
consistency of foie gras, which costs £25 for two thin slices at Fortnum &
Mason. The feeding is banned in